KCC

Socratic discussion was continued and finished.  If you were absent both days or were absent one of the days and feel your performance was less than a B, then see the "Socratic Replacement" work in Google Classroom.  Now, begin the writing...see me for your individualized minimum page count (KCC requirement to earn the credit for the semester), choose 1 of the E.Q.s (you will need to stay ON POINT of what the E.Q. is asking...for example EQ 2 can not be just a collection of biographical facts about people), and then USE the helper/guide pages in Google Classroom in the "Writing" section (About tab)....Reminder -- writing will be due Monday, 1/8  (we will have in-class writing days on the Wed., Thurs.,  & Fri. of our first week back from break).

U.S. History

Helper on the Crash Course Part I -- there are 4 parts to the thesis -- 1a. 1b. 2 & 3...  ; )  Finish viewing and your analysis on paper.  

World History

We reviewed the trends on the Outline of Popular Details for Urban Culture.  A note page for the Olmec video was distributed and discussed -- be sure to note in the "Other Interesting Facts" section (while viewing) why we don't have more evidence from the Olmec.  The 5 trends (of the 11 total for Urban) that are noted on the Olmec page as categories for notes are there because evidence for these in particular are present in this video.  View the first 32:09.  We'll finish the last 11 minutes in class on the first day back from break. 

KCC

Socratic discussion today over the EQs...If absent, be prepared for tomorrow when we continue and finish.  

U.S. History

We discussed Loewen's claim with regard to the historiography of John Brown's story.  (See a reliable classmate to edit your notes as needed.)  We set up our "Civil War Era" C.Q. and E.Q. pages -- the E.Q. is "What was significant about the Civil War era?"  Students then collaborated through ALL of the John Brown (& Lincoln) notes to highlight the key points and helpful evidence that could be used in the end-of-unit E.Q. writing -- then, staple that note page to the EQ page OR make a note on your EQ page "See highlighted John Brown notes!"  Lastly, we stepped back to do our big-picture work for the unit -- do a practice (but a good practice) Claim & Evidence on Crash Course U.S. History: Civil War Part I (video #20)...we will do a scored one soon and this skill practice will put you in good shape AND the information is vital. ; )  More time tomorrow in class to finish the Crash Course. ; )

World History

We finished our Claim & Evidence assessment of the Chavin video -- remember there is a 3-part thesis and to see me if you need support with the process or extra viewing time.  If you were absent, see me to set up a time to make up this scored work in my room.  

KCC

We prepped for Monday's Socratic discussion and then went over the class schedule of events for Monday through final exams.  Today's time was then given to complete the Unit-Closure Work Packet.

U.S. History

Your reading and notes from the Hendrix packet should be complete.  Today we began and finished the note-taking from the Loewen packet excerpts "John Brown and Abraham Lincoln" according the instructions detailed yesterday.  Borrow a packet and finish for homework as needed. 

World History

Today is the deadline for writing -- a hardcopy print-out AND digital to turnitin.com.  Today is the deadline for completing any skills re-dos for which students signed up.  A NEW deadline announced today...If you are planning to turn in late work on Research, corrections on Research, or a Socratic Replacement, the semester deadline is next Tuesday -- 12/19.  We began work on a scored Audio-Visual Claim & Evidence today -- to be finished in class on Monday.  If you were absent, see me to set up a time to do this assessment in my room.

KCC

Madison and Lauren's groups presented their slideshows today -- add to your notes.  (If absent, see a reliable classmate and/or ask one of the group members to share the slideshow with you.)  Looking ahead -- before we begin our writing, we'll have a Socratic discussion on both EQs on Monday (and continued onto Tuesday if needed).  To help us organize our big ideas and to review, we began today work on the Unit-Closure Work Packet -- to be finished in class tomorrow, but then homework after that if needed. ; )

U.S. History

We set up our John Brown note page for the 2nd article, also (leaving room to come back and finish the notes from the first)..."John Brown and Abraham Lincoln" --James Loewen -- create a small (7-10 lines of space) section for note on Historiography (how the topic has been studied differently over time) and then beneath that a subheading for "Notes on new facts."  Finish the reading and note-taking from the Hendrix excerpts first -- finish for homework as needed.  The Loewen packet will be continued in class tomorrow.

World History

We added notes to our Mental Map Timeline, set up our new E.Q. and C.Q. pages, read through the new Outline of Popular Details with attached maps while adding notes and highlighting -- all of which included a lot of discussion.  Connect with a reliable classmate for the added notes and to discuss for clarity; of course, you are always welcome to come in to see me in Advisory.  ; )

KCC

We continued sharing group slideshows and recording notes onto our E.Q. pages.  See your research score and comments in Google Classroom (in the Stream, under Curiosity Research).  No need to click "remedy," but please do feel free, as always, to reply with comments, questions, or corrections and then resubmit ; )

U.S. History

Pick up a "Skills Breakdown" packet (also in Google Classroom) and circle the bullet points for each micro-skill you've got mastered (already do well) and mark an arrow next to any bullet-pointed micro-skill that you've not yet mastered (aren't doing well consistently); turn this in to Mrs. Cluver, please.  Set up a doc in Google Classroom where you see the assignment "Mystery Quote" and record and submit there your interpretation of the meaning and guesses at the context (time/situation) and person involved.  (The mystery quote:  "I don't know you  .  .  .  You have a right to expect what I expect, and likely our expectations are not incomprehensible to each other.  I assume I'll get used to you.")  Read the excerpt's from Hendrix's "John Brown" while simply recording key facts on to a sheet of paper or Google doc of your own -- to be finished in class tomorrow.  Reminders:  Writing option is due Friday in both hard copy (printout) and via turnitin.com AND this Friday is also the deadline for students to complete the re-do work for skills they signed up to rework and replace.  ; )

World History

Urban cultures!  Read the excerpted packet "Kingdoms and Captivity" and record notes on a sheet of paper or Google doc, listing the possible trends of Urban Culture you see as the people called the Hebrews underwent a culture shift from Agri-culture to Urban Culture and became the Jews (of Judah and Jerusalem).  Include examples from this particular culture so that you are inferring possible over-arching trends and capturing specifics of this case study.  Find your Mental Map Timeline, as we'll use that first thing tomorrow.  Reminders:  Writing option is due Friday in both hard copy (printout) and via turnitin.com AND this Friday is also the deadline for students to complete the re-do work for skills they signed up to rework and replace.  ; )

KCC

Slideshows were presented -- take EQ notes.  See a reliable classmate if you were absent.  ; )

U.S. History

Research scores and comments were returned via Google Classroom.  Be sure that if you are planning to make corrections to the Research that you accomplish that and resubmit.  If you do not see any grade or comments, that means your research was not submitted to the system; you will need to do so.  Writers continued writing today and seeing me for check-in as needed while they worked -- finish the paragraph for homework; due Friday in hard copy form and in turnitin.com.  Those not taking the writing option were given the class time to work on the homework -- adding hashtags and/or picture notes to the A New Republic UCWP -- to be finished for homework as needed.  Tomorrow we begin a new unit of study --- The Civil War Era.

World History

All students -- be sure that if you are planning to make corrections to the Research that you accomplish that and resubmit.  Also, you all should have finished the work on the Communal UCWP with hashtags and/or picture notes.  Today, writers continue writing and seeing me for check-in as needed while you work -- finish the paragraph for homework; due Friday in hard copy form and in turnitin.com.  Those not taking the writing option were given the class time to work on the homework -- adding hashtags and/or picture notes to the Ag UCWP -- to be finished for homework as needed.  Tomorrow we begin a new unit of study --- Urban Culture!

KCC

Slideshows finished!  (If you were absent, check in with your group to get caught up to speed on your slideshow and info.)  

U.S. History

Research will be returned tomorrow or Wednesday, but otherwise we approached today exactly the same as what is seen in the World History post...except instead of the "Ag Writing" grade it would be the "Colonialism Writing" grade. ; )

World History

Research scores with comments are viewable in Google Classroom -- class time was given to look, ask questions, and if desired, to fix it up and resubmit.  The end-of-unit Writing began today with students given the choice of whether to stay with their current writing score (the Ag writing of the immediately previous unit) or to do this writing as their final score, depending on if they feel their Ag writing is their best performance possible at this time and as long as that score was at a C-level or better.  We will also have class time tomorrow for the writing.  All students opting to stay with their Ag writing score were given today and tomorrow, instead, to work ahead on preparing for their final exam specifically today by adding picture notes and/or hashtags to their Ag Unit-Closure Work Page -- finish for homework if not completed in class today.

KCC

Today is the deadline for signing up for skills re-dos for the semester.  Be sure your essay work is done; today we got into groups based on essay and collaborated to discern the accurate thesis, checking in with Mrs. Cluver.  This group work to arrive at a consensus of accurate information for a short slideshow will be continued in class on Monday.

U.S. History

Today is the deadline to sign up for skills re-dos for this semester.  Finish the Unit-Closure Work Packet -- finish for homework as needed.

World History

Today is the deadline to sign up for skills re-dos for this semester.  Finish the Unit-Closure Work Packet -- finish for homework as needed.

KCC

Friday is the deadline to sign up for skills re-dos as detailed yesterday.  We continued our essay work as detailed yesterday -- finish for homework.

U.S. History

Tomorrow is the deadline to sign up for skills re-dos as detailed yesterday.  We finished the Socratic discussion and I provided content clarification in 3rd hour; 6th hour did this yesterday and today received their scores.  (3rd hour will receive their scores tomorrow.)  The "A New Republic Unit-Closure Work Packet" was distributed and work on today -- due Monday -- finish for homework.  (3rd hour will also have class time tomorrow to work on this; 6th hour will not meet due to the Career Day in the afternoon.)

World History

Reminder -- tomorrow is the deadline to sign up for skills re-dos as detailed yesterday.  Research is due today in Google Classroom.  The Ag Unit-Closure Work Packet was distributed and worked on today -- it is due Monday.  1st & 4th hours will have class time to continue tomorrow, but 7th hour will not meet due to the Career Day...Finish for homework as needed.

KCC

Skills re-do sign-ups deadline is this Friday.  Research is due in Classroom today.  Choose one of the "red book" essays #8-18 (except NOT #16...that one will be for next unit) and on a separate piece of paper document/discern the thesis, the 5 most important facts, and the 2 most interesting facts -- to be continued in class tomorrow.

U.S. History

Skills re-do sign-ups deadline is this Friday.  Socratic discussion today over the EQs.  If you were absent, see "Socratic Replacement" in Google Classroom.

World History

Skills re-dos deadline to sign up for this semester is this Friday.  45 more minutes of research today...for a total of 65 minutes of quantity expected.  Remember, expert sources is critical for quality! ; )  Use the instructions on the "Research Cheats" document -- work is due in Classroom before the start of class tomorrow.

KCC

The Trail of Tears Context & Lens was returned and discussed.  Research continues today...90 minutes total research by the end of today.  If you were absent or not as industrious as you feel you could/should have been, then make sure to make up time at home to equate to this total amount of class time provided for the research.  Quantity AND quality (expert sources) matter. ; )  

U.S. History

Research is due in Classroom.  Students were each asked to share their top fact from their research with the class -- just casual sharing.  Context & Lens from the Trail of Tears reading was returned and discussed.  Pull facts from this assignment for your E.Q. notes.  The remaining time was given to improve/refine your E.Q. pages -- both questions -- in preparation for tomorrow's Socratic discussion...and then the writing that will soon follow.  See "Socratic Cheats" in Classroom to ease your mind for a great end-of-semester performance on Socratic Discussion. ; )

World History

1st hour -- Socratic scores were returned and time given to ask questions if desired.  Another reminder -- if you were absent or for whatever reason declined invitations to participate in the discussion, it would be a great idea to complete a "Socratic Replacement" to earn points for this skill area.  4th and 7th hours continued and finished their discussions today.  In all hours the Deuteronomy Context & Lens was returned and discussed -- answers and scoring key; time was given for discussion if wanted.  We then used Google Classroom -- About section -- "Research Cheats" document of instructions to begin our Curiosity Research...looking up some of our CQs.  Remember, quantity (time-on-task) AND quality (expert sources) both matter.  An additional 45 minutes of research time will be added on tomorrow -- due in Classroom before the start of class Thursday.

KCC

Chapter 10 collaboration.  HW -- get a head start on Chapter 11 for the next unit ("Civil War Era") as you have time to keep stress low...the new E.Q. is "What was significant about the Civil War Era?"  40 minutes of class was spent on Curiosity Research, and another 48 will be given tomorrow.  Use the "Research Cheats" in Classroom for instructions and submit it in the Classroom stream under the assignment "Curiosity Research."  Quantity and quality both matter ; )

U.S. History

Research day #2.  Follow the instructions one the "Research Cheats" document in Google Classroom and submit the work as a Google Doc in the assignment set up in the stream for "Curiosity Research."  This is due BEFORE the START of class tomorrow. ; )  Time on task (quantity) AND expert sources (quality) both matter. ; )

World History

If you submitted Metacognitive Writing to me on Friday (because it hadn't been submitted prior for me to have been able to put comments on there), I did go through the new submissions and added comments for you; please check them and if you have comments or questions back, please comment back or see me in person -- whichever you prefer.  ; )  Socratic discussion today over the Ag EQ and the two articles.  If you were absent, please complete the "Socratic Replacement" work to earn points on this skill.  

KCC

Ditto the U.S. post, plus look at the feedback in Google Classroom on your Hamilton exit slip and remember that Chapter 10 is due Monday. ; )  

U.S. History

The Meacham C&E was returned -- chart your score, edit your paper per the answer key on the SMARTboard (see me if absent), and ask me any questions you have.  We finished episode 2 of "The Presidents" (EQ notes, CQs, and Political Parties packet while viewing).  We then reviewed the Curiosity Research Rubric and Research Cheats documents in Google Classroom.  Spend 12 minutes researching some of your CQs, another 48 minutes will be given in class on Monday for an expected total of 60 minutes as reflected in the quantity of expert information you find, read, and submit by the start of class Tuesday.

World History

Take a look at the "Metacognitive Writing" in the stream in Google Classroom to see the comments of feedback I provided to you.  (If you do not see any comments, be sure to "submit" the document...I believe the only option at this point of the process is a button called "resubmit.")  Pull what you think are the top 7-10 facts about the Maasai (from your work packet) onto your E.Q. page.  Add some Maasai CQs to your C.Q. page, also ; )  We will have a Socratic discussion over three items on Monday -- 1. the E.Q. and E.Q. notes, 2. Maasai/cellphone article, and 3. Israel article....So, to prepare: read those two new articles, marking key evidence on the article and making clear note of the thesis of each and then Sunday night or Monday morning reread the Socratic Rubric and Socratic Cheats documents in Google Classroom ("About" section). ; )